Are you a role model?
My friend Alicia, the Spashionista, lives in Nashville. She blogged about being a roll model today and I asked her I could share that post here. As part of my desire to bring you a better picture of modern Nashville style I was really looking forward to the grand opening of a new boutique…
A Message from the Rural Midwest
Because of misunderstandings that frequently develop when Easterners and Californians cross the 12 Midwestern States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) the Tourism Councils in those states have adopted a new policy. In an effort to help outsiders understand the rural Midwesterner’s mind, the following list…
Do You Have A Happy Spot?
It’s a good practice to surround yourself with little pieces of beauty. You’ve heard of giving yourself little motivational talks, or posting a saying to the mirror and speaking it out loud each day. Those things work, when you remember to do them. I‘m suggesting you place items you love within eyesight of where you…
Chamber begins small business incubator project
Jim Krajewski, reporter at the Freeman Journal, broke the news that we have begun an incubator project. With his permission, we are reprinting the article here. Thanks Jim! A new project aims to help individuals open small businesses in Webster City. The Webster City Incubator Project, sponsored by the Webster City Chamber of Commerce and…
5 Marketing Blunders to Avoid in Your Business
“I want more clients! I’m doing all the right things! How come I don’t have enough clients?” If you’ve ever uttered these words (or even thought them), you might be tempted to wonder if you’re any good at what you do. Or maybe you doubt if you’re even cut out for business. Most likely, however,…
Step Away from the Technology
Are you spending time away from unresponsive technology? Or are you stuck on Facebook looking at statuses, commenting on friends posts, tweeting out your business updates and talking in 140 word snatches to people you call friends but have never met? It’s pretty easy to do all of that for many hours each day. I…
The Power of a Conference or .. Are You a Misfit?
I attended the Misfit Conference over my birthday weekend June 1. There I met a wonderful group of people. Some I already knew like Nelson deWitt and Melissa and AJ Leon. Others I knew online like Pam Slim and Justin Levy. Some I had heard of like Julia Roy and David Baeza. There were around…
Six Steps to A Social Media Plan
Yesterday I stumbled across creativeLIVE broadcast online and caught the Social Media Bootcamp. I found it because Amber Naslund sent an email with the link encouraging readers to listen to her session on Wednesday (that’s tomorrow). I tuned in, listening in the background while I worked. It’s free to watch it live. Ariel Hyatt of…
8th in the Nation
Webster City, Iowa is officially a Connect Iowa certified Connected community. More than 30 Iowa communities are currently involved in some stage of the Connected program, but Webster City is only the second in the state to achieve the official Connected certification. The occasion was marked with a standing-room only public event Tuesday at Fuller Hall Reception Center in…
Have You Read This?
This was written by July 2, 1776, adopted by 12 of the 13 colonies on July 4 1776 and signed by August 2, 1776. Thomas Jefferson wrote it, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston helped add some revisions. If you were a member of the Second Continental Congress in 1776, you were…